Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

| tAlCer WAlClnk untl noon, I0r Cne parry, ne
| rode back only to find that his posse Of
three men had been beheaded while they
| slept, and their bodies almost entirely con-
sumed in the camp fire. The prisoner had
severed their heads with an AK and made
his escape. -, : $..S5.9 Nh
A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn,
says, seventy five Of the ninety counties in
the state gave Il, 750 majority against the
ported counties will not alter much these
figures. The Prohibitionists concede their
defeat BY about 1900 majority. The pres
ldent OF the State Liquor Dealers assOcia-
ton has official and unofficial returns srom
AL but twenty, counties in the state Es-
t1mating these twenty counties, he figures
ont net majority against the amendment
A thousand people gathered at the
the grave of Gen. Harrison at North Bend,
Ohio, on the anniversary of the battle of
Thames, of which he was the hero.s Adj
dresses were made by Gen. Breckenridge
Butterworth and Congressman Brown Of
Ohio. The pilgrimage is the first of it's kind
in honor OF the d>ad hero and is given in
the hope OF awakening an interest in the
project OF raising a,monument fund s I
During the recent cyclone which
passed along the coast Of the Gulf Of Mexico.
the ghth9 "ne,t tssnds g. SMgnonstt with
from point near Brazoria, on the Texas
coast. 1t has now been nearly two weeks
since the vessel disappeared, and as no
tidings of her have been received, the light
house board fear that the vessel and its
crew are LOST. %sB ~. E@# <.%
At Baton Rouge, La, motion in
arrest Of judgment in the case of, William
A. Strong, exrsecretary Of the state, con
victed Of embezzlement of state funds, was
overruled by Judge Burgess and Strong
was sentenced to two years at hard labor
in the penitentiary, and fined the sum of
$4,25O, which amount was ordered to be
restored to the state. =
Something of riot occurred at
Detroit, Mich. Twenty-six street car
conductors and drivers were discharged
Tor being in combination to rob the COM
pany OF fares. The gang got intoxicated
and attacked conductors and drivers who
had taken their places, cut horses loose and
overturned cars The police had to settle
the trouble. i },$Sa-- A.. - I
An express train, while running at
thirty-fve miles an hour, ran into buggy
crossing the track at Morgan's station,
near Columbus, Ohio, the occupants, two.
aged ladies, being instantly killed. They
were Mrs. Susan Bell, q widow residing iii
the neighborhood, and her sister:in-law,
Mrs. Il. W. Henderson, OF Salem, Iowa.
Fourteen lives were lost off the is
land Of st. Helena, in Lake Michigan, by
the laundering of the. Chicago propeller.
California, laden with 10000 bushels of
corn and 700 barrels of pork, bound for
Montreal. There were 8 passengers and
u Of the crew. Two Of the passengers were
lost.
At Millersburg, Ohio, Rev. Henry
Clemens, Methodist preacher, committed
the muzzle of shot gun in his mouth and
discharged it with his foot, blowing off the
entire top Of his head. Temporary insan-
ity was the cause.
At Amanda, Ohio, by the explosion
of boiler George Lape, Perry Lape, Simon
Young and Amos Young were blown to
Young, who was thrown two hundred
yards from the mill, was seriously injured.
The officers of the Grand lodge Of.
Odd-Fellows arrived at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and were entertained by officials
and citizens. The next annual session Of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge is to be held
among the Angeles. '5s z T
States Attorney Grinnell, who was
elected to a Judgeship at Chicago, has re
signed to enter upon his judicial duties
Nov. l. It was during his administration
that the Anarchists were convicted. X + s,t
A passenger train on the Iron
Mountain railway ran into freight traih
standing on q side track near Walnut
Ridge, Mo- Both locomotives al were
wrecked, but nobody was injured. 8.'
Z "A man named Bunch, from Illinois,
lost his life in the burning of the steamer T.
B. Sims, near Memphis, Tennessee. The
boat and cargo were a total loss. h.
In the storm that prevailed on Lake
Erie, the tug Orient Of Marine city, went
down at Point Au Pelle, with men, all
that were on board. "t.& i ,.S Il
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